Georgia College

2014: Redshirted season ... PBC SilverScholar.

High School: Graduated from Christian HeritageSchool in Dalton, Ga., where he played for head coach Noah Stokes... Two-time GISA All-State, three-time All-Region ... Earned GHSAAll-Region status as a senior ... Also lettered in basketball andfootball ... Two-time GISA All-State basketball, also gettingAll-Region ... GHSA All-Region in football as a senior ... Playedclub ball for the Tennessee Tornadoes and head coach BenWharton.

Personal: Nicknames are "Big Mike" or "Kinney"... Majoring in exercise science with plans for Pre-Med ... Son ofStacey and Teresa McKinney ... Born Sept. 26 ... Favorite athletesare Hall of Famer John Smoltz and NBA great Lebron James ... ChoseGC for the ability to play baseball and the great academics ...Biggest sports thrill is hitting a walk-off home run on seniornight ... Always drinks pink Powerade on game days ... Snakes arethe thing that scares him the most ... Favorite song is "Burnin itDown" by Jason Aldean, movie is "Shooter" and TV show isSportsCenter ... Lives by the motto: "Hard work beats talent whentalent doesn't work hard."